Ken, I failed to mention in previous message that our James and family emigrated to North Carolina in 1818 from Islay. Also, James had a illegimate son born about 1805 names Archibald who we believe came to NC with his 'ligimate' family. Brenda -----Original Message----- >From: KenHarrison11@cs.com >Sent: Aug 4, 2006 1:43 PM >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McNabb > >Whether or not all the McNab(b)s were related, there sure are a lot of dead >ends with them. > >While this string is current, I'd like to put in a plea for anyone who can >pin down some of my own "missing" McNabbs, who were at Ballychatrigin (Oa) from >at least around 1820 until they left for Canada in 1852 (but not all family >members left, so perhaps some stayed there for a while?):. > >Anne (Nancy) McNabb, bap 20 Dec 1820 to Duncan McNabb & Grace Morrison >(sometimes McVoran); possibly married a McFadyen & possibly emigrated in 1852 > >Duncan, John, Donald & Alexander, all born between about 1795 and 1805, to >Donald McNabb. Mother may have been a McKay. > >Andrew McNabb, born about 1807, to Donald McNabb and a second unknown wife. > >Flora McNabb, born about 1781, married about 1797 (probably in Scotland) to >Peter McKellar (are there any McKellars on Islay?). They emigrated to Canada >apparently before 1818 and I found them in 1861 at Kent Co., Rawleigh Twp, >Ontario. They had at least one son, Archibald, born about 1798, possibly in >Islay, and at least one daughter Mary Ann. > >Duncan McNabb, born about 1787 in Islay; died 1870 in Ontario; possibly >unmarried > >Mary McNabb, born 1794 in Islay, emigrated before 1818 to Canada (possibly >via USA) and married near Chatham, Ontario between 1810 and 1818 to James >McLaren. > >Andrew McNabb, born abt 1795 in Islay; probably emigrated to Canada before >1818 > >The four immediately above were siblings. Can anyone identify their parents? > >Janet (Jessie) McNab, b. about 1800, possibly at Coillebus, possibly to a >Duncan McNab. The earliest thing proven about her is her marriage in 1817 to >John MacDougall (Kildalton OPR 541/1: 1817 Mar. 1 John MacDougall a young >man and Janet McNab a young woman both in this parish have been registered in >order to marriage and were married 6th). They had 3 children born between 1818 >and 1824 (found in Kildalton OPR). Later censuses state they were born on the >Oa, possibly at Ballychatrigin. Janet was an ancestor of my wife's, and if >she can be linked to any of the persons shown near the top of this message this >would prove that my wife and I are fifth cousins!! > >Ken Harrison >North Vancouver, Canada > > >In a message dated 04/08/2006 5:31:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, >bbcameron@earthlink.net writes: >> Carolyn, >> Do you have a James MacNab who married Margaret MacNeill in 1805 in >> Kildalton, Islay? James was a tenant farmer at Machry Farm. I have a feeling that >> most of the Islay McNabs were related but can't find the proof. >> Brenda Cameron >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: CAROLYN HARMON <charm59@sbcglobal.net> >> >Sent: Aug 3, 2006 10:18 PM >> >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >> >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Calder/McNabb, Calder/McNeil, Calder/White, >> White/Adams, Adams/Macartney >> > >> >Hi Vicki: >> > Welcome to the List! I also have a Catherine McNabb born on Islay abt >> 1803. Mine ended up in Ontario much later- abt 1870. Was your Catherine born >> in Kildalton? Possibly Lurabus or Ballychatrigan? These two farms have a >> variety of spellings- I just chose my favorites. You can find several >> Catherine's baptisms about 1800 in the database. My Catherine married a "cousin", >> John McNabb. I haven't been able to sort out her parents for certain. I do >> have John's. He just had two brothers. They were born 1808, 1809, 1810. I >> think it's interesting your McNabb's went to Carolina first. >> > >> > I'm sure there will be people who know about your other families. And >> there are other McNabb researchers who may be related to yours. Feel free to >> email off-list if you think we have any kind of connection. >> > >> > Carolyn Harmon, Springfield IL > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Click on this link for information on others researching the same families as you HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/researchers/ >